Healings from Sudeck syndrome

Healing from Sudeck's syndrome

Vera Beritic (59), Split (Croatia)

When I broke my left shoulder on January 31, 1996 my life fundamentally changed. Related to this was a nerve paralysis (nervus radialis) of my left hand and forearm. Four weeks in a plaster cast followed. The hand was violet coloured and swollen. I had very severe pain. Because of an allergy I couldn't take any painkillers. After the cast was removed I received physiotherapy.

Healing from Sudeck‘s atrophy of the right foot

Velitschka Georgieva Schakanska (45), Bulgaria

Actually, everything should have been all right after a good three weeks in a plaster cast and the subsequent physical therapy. I had broken my right foot in October, 2004. Everything pointed toward a good healing process. However, in January, 2005 I suddenly got very severe pain in the same foot. The doctors told me it was Sudeck's atrophy. In spite of the pain medication and additional physical therapy, continual pain restricted my movement considerably.